He plays instruments like the dotara and the sarod, and his performances incorporate both the classical and the folk idioms.

He is also a self-taught oud and rebab player, besides being a magnificent singer of mostly Bengali mystical poetry, in the baul and kirtan traditions.

Satyaki is a historian by training and takes serious academic interest in the music he practices.

He studied from Julien Day School, Kolkata, Elgin Road branch.

Satyaki has been part of Parapar since 2005, but he has also performed independently with Mousumi Bhowmik in concerts at home and abroad, including in New York, London, Leeds, Dhaka and Chittagong.